Silent shorts up to 1909
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1. A Photographic Contortion (1901)
1 min | Comedy, Short
A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.
Director: James Williamson | Star: Sam Dalton
Votes: 2,094
2. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,844
3. The Devilish Tenant (1909)
6 min | Short, Comedy
A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Charles Claudel, Octavie Huvier, François Lallement, André Méliès
Votes: 1,979
4. L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc (1901)
TV-14 | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,180
5. His First Cigar (1908)
5 min | Short, Comedy
A well-grown boy sees a box of his father's cigars, and pockets one. He goes downstairs, and no sooner is he out of the building when he joyously sticks the cheroot into his mouth. Feeling ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Star: Max Linder
Votes: 172
6. Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
7 min | Short, Biography, Drama
The story, while not biographical, is founded on incidents in his life, showing his devotion for his sick wife, Virginia. Desperate from his utter helplessness to ameliorate his dying ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Barry O'Moore, Linda Arvidson, Arthur V. Johnson, Charles Perley
Votes: 561
7. Those Awful Hats (1909)
Not Rated | 5 min | Comedy, Short
Set in an early cinema house, this comic short illustrates the problems with the gals' hats obscuring the movie patron's line of vision.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Linda Arvidson, John R. Cumpson, Flora Finch, George Gebhardt
Votes: 1,285
8. Joan of Arc (1900)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Drama, History
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Bleuette Bernon, Jeanne Calvière, Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,441
9. The Country Doctor (1909)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Drama
While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Florence Lawrence, Gladys Egan, Kate Bruce
Votes: 764
10. The Skipping Cheese (1907)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy
A group of passengers are enjoying their ride on a trolley when a cheese-seller climbs aboard. The odor of her wares are so strong it disturbs the passengers, and when they find the source ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès
Votes: 223
11. La fée aux choux, ou la naissance des enfants (1900)
1 min | Short
#sinopsis A fairy appears on the screen in the middle of a garden, giving birth to a baby of a cabbage.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 274
12. Sage-femme de première classe (1902)
4 min | Short, Comedy
A young couple go shopping for a baby.
Director: Alice Guy | Stars: Alice Guy, Germaine Serand, Yvonne Serand
Votes: 276
13. The Consequences of Feminism (1906)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Comedy
In a society in which gender roles are switched, will men tolerate being unequal?
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 995
14. The Glue (1907)
3 min | Short, Comedy
This is the story of a pot of glue and the over interfering boy. Finding a pot of glue, the lad immediately proceeds to apply it to everything in sight. Accordingly, the stairway, lawn seat... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 302
15. The Drunken Mattress (1906)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy
Comedy is benefited by originality. In this Alice Guy short, an alcoholic is inadvertently sewn in to a mattress. With that unique premise, havoc ensues.
Directors: Romeo Bosetti, Alice Guy | Star: Romeo Bosetti
Votes: 259
16. A Four-Year-Old Heroine (1907)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama
The library of a modern home is shown, husband, wife and child each occupied in their particular diversions. The maid is called in, who dresses the child in street garments, and the two ... See full summary »
Directors: Louis Feuillade, Alice Guy
Votes: 222
17. Course à la saucisse (1907)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy
For any good comedy, you generally need at least two things to set the story in motion. In this case, you have a dog and you have a sausage. The dog wants the sausage. Others want to keep ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 310
18. Madame's Cravings (1907)
4 min | Comedy, Short
A heavily pregnant woman has a series of irrepressible cravings while walking with her family.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 518
19. A Corner in Wheat (1909)
G | 14 min | Short, Crime, Drama
An unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Frank Powell, Grace Henderson, James Kirkwood, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 2,748
20. The Stepmother (1906)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Drama
Alice Guy (later known as Alice Guy-Blaché) tackles the subject of bad parenting in this dramatic, tear-jerking short.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 165
21. Rum vs. Cherries (1904)
4 min | Short, Drama
A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off ... See full summary »
Director: Robert W. Paul
Votes: 414
22. The Little Match Seller (1902)
3 min | Drama, Short
A poor young girl tries to sell matches in a snowstorm. After being robbed by bullies, she lights matches which illuminate visions of a far happier Christmas than the one she faces.
Director: James Williamson
Votes: 532
23. The Irresistible Piano (1907)
4 min | Short, Comedy
A man starts playing a piano. Neighbors hearing the music begin dancing, and are drawn to the music, dropping what they are doing to join the impromptu dance party.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 219
24. The Violin Maker of Cremona (1909)
10 min | Short, Drama
In the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Herbert Prior, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, David Miles
Votes: 149
25. La malagueña et le torero (1905)
Not Rated | 2 min | Short
In this brief, hand-tinted short featuring the titular Malagueña (a woman from Málaga) and a bullfighter, the couple perform a little dance for your viewing pleasure.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 139
26. The Light That Came (1909)
11 min | Short, Drama
A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Ruth Hart, Kate Bruce
Votes: 117
27. Five O'Clock Tea (I) (1905)
3 min | Short, Music
Dranem performs "Five O'Clock Tea".
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Dranem
Votes: 171
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28. Entrevue de Napoléon et du Pape (1897)
1 min | Short
Directors: Bretteau, Georges Hatot
Votes: 47
29. Danse excentrique (1902)
2 min | Short, Music
Serpentine dance by Lina Esbrard, playing with all the layers of the costume.
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Line Eshrard
Votes: 145
30. Coucher de la mariée (1896)
7 min | Short
A woman undresses on her wedding night.
Directors: Albert Kirchner, Eugène Pirou | Star: Louise Willy
Votes: 288
31. A Sticky Woman (1906)
2 min | Short, Comedy
An upper class lady goes to the post office and takes her maid with her to help with the stamp affixing.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 381
32. The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (1896)
1 min | Short, Horror
As an elegant maestro of mirage and delusion drapes his beautiful female assistant with a gauzy textile, much to our amazement, the lady vanishes into thin air.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 2,057
33. Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The fiend faces the spectacular mind-bending consequences of his free-wheeling rarebit binge.
Directors: Wallace McCutcheon, Edwin S. Porter | Star: Jack Brawn
Votes: 1,993
34. What Is Seen Through a Keyhole (1901)
2 min | Short, Comedy
A hotel porter tries in his spare time to find out the secrets of the guests in looking through the keyholes of the different rooms. He must see very funny things, judging from his facial expressions.
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 599
35. History of a Crime (1901)
5 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A burglar is arrested for a murder. He is condemned to death. Before his execution the murderer dreams of his past, of how he was a bank clerk, then turned to crime. The criminal is then ... See full summary »
Director: Ferdinand Zecca | Stars: Jean Liézer, Bretteau, Ferdinand Zecca
Votes: 782
36. L'enfant de la barricade (1907)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Drama
A tumultuous time in French history affects the life of one particular man, an innocent bystander swept up in the confusion around him.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 345
37. Le pêcheur dans le torrent (1897)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
It could be said that the essence of comedy is the misfortune of others. Among other things, of course. In THE FISHERMAN AT THE STREAM, our fisherman is set upon by a band of swimmers (for ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 318
38. Baignade dans le torrent (1897)
1 min | Short
Some boys and a dog play in a stream.
Director: Alice Guy
Votes: 322
39. The Maniac Barber (1899)
Short, Fantasy
"This scene is laid in a barber shop. A customer enters and takes his seat in the chair. The barber places the cloth about his neck, sharpens his razor, and then goes mad. He seizes a huge ... See full summary »
Votes: 34
40. Attempted Suicide (1906)
6 min | Short, Comedy
"Attempted Suicide" is a travesty on the "red tape" of the French police service; at least the characters seem French and the uniforms worn are of that nation. A young man disappointed in ... See full summary »
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Star: Max Linder
Votes: 46
41. Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1906)
3 min | Short
An inventor dreams that his newly designed airship takes flight.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 451
42. Max Learns to Skate (1907)
5 min | Short, Comedy
Max causes havoc when he joins other skaters on a frozen lake.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Star: Max Linder
Votes: 238
43. Mary Jane's Mishap (1903)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Smith casts his wife as a sluttish housewife who is mutilated by lighting her oven with paraffin.
Director: George Albert Smith | Star: Laura Bayley
Votes: 1,041
44. The Lonely Villa (1909)
8 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: David Miles, Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Gladys Egan
Votes: 1,095
45. And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream (1906)
7 min | Drama, Short
Author dreams of a story where a villain pursues an innocent woman. He rescues her by leaping from a cliff, only to fall into his own bed and wake up.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: Paul Panzer
Votes: 49
46. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,463
47. The Enchanted Drawing (1900)
2 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,417
48. The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905)
Not Rated | 5 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The Whole Dam Family and The Dam Dog is a popular fad which has been widely advertised by lithographs and souvenir mailing cards, and has recently been made the subject of a sketch in a New... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: William Courtenay, Frank Daniels, May Irwin, Charlotte Walker
Votes: 751
49. Attack on a China Mission (1900)
4 min | Short, Action, Crime
The titles tell us this film is based on an incident in the Boxer Rebellion. A man tries to defend a woman and a large house against Chinese attackers. They attack with swords, guns, and ... See full summary »
Director: James Williamson | Stars: Mr. James, Mr. Lepard, Florence Williamson
Votes: 680
50. Fire! (1901)
5 min | Short, Action, Drama
Firefighters ring for help, and here comes the ladder cart; they hitch a horse to it. A second horse-drawn truck joins the first, and they head down the street to a house fire. Inside a man... See full summary »
Director: James Williamson
Votes: 790
51. Life of an American Fireman (1903)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Action
A fireman rushes into a carriage to rescue a woman from a house fire. He breaks the windowpanes and carries the woman to safety; after dangerous and uncertain moments he also saves the woman's son.
Directors: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Edwin S. Porter, Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, James H. White
Votes: 2,709
52. Ten Ladies in One Umbrella (1903)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
The scene is similar to that seen at Coney Island, where a number of shows are constantly going on. A Juggler enters, dressed in promenade costume, with an overcoat hanging over his arm, a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 369
53. The Mermaid (1904)
Not Rated | 4 min | Short, Fantasy
A magician conjures up a mermaid while fishing.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,277
54. Dog Factory (1904)
Unrated | 4 min | Short, Comedy
A brief vaudeville-style demonstration of a "Dog Transformator," a machine that instantly turns dogs into sausages, and amazingly, sausages back into dogs.
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 432
55. Uncle Josh's Nightmare (1900)
2 min | Comedy, Short, Fantasy
Poor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedeviled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing film using a stationary camera.
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Star: Charles Manley
Votes: 394
56. Circular Panorama of Electric Tower (1901)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A most interesting picture at the Pan-American Exposition. The picture was taken from the north side of the Electric Tower. It presents the most perfect and diversified views of the ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 474
57. Pauvre Pierrot (1892)
TV-PG | 5 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
One night, Arlequin come to see his lover Colombine. But then Pierrot knocks at the door and Colombine and Arlequin hide. Pierrot starts singing but Arlequin scares him and the poor man goes away.
Director: Émile Reynaud
Votes: 2,005
58. The House of the Devil (1896)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Horror
With the help of a magic cauldron, Mephistopheles conjures up a variety of supernatural characters.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Jules-Eugène Legris, Georges Méliès
Votes: 3,991
59. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop (1878)
TV-G | 1 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
The clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.
Director: Eadweard Muybridge | Stars: Gilbert Domm, Sallie Gardner
Votes: 3,695
60. Das boxende Känguruh (1895)
1 min | Short
The third sequence of the "Wintergartenprogramm (1895)" by the Skladanowsky Brothers. In it, a man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.
Director: Max Skladanowsky | Star: Delaware
Votes: 627
61. Komische Begegnung im Tiergarten zu Stockholm (1896)
1 min | Short
This is the first film ever filmed in Stockholm, Sweden. The part of the city featured is Djurgården (Tiergarten in German). It is where the unique outdoor museum Skansen is located.
Director: Max Skladanowsky
Votes: 139
62. The Mechanical Butcher (1895)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A butcher puts a full-grown live pig into his large box-like machine. Moments later, he draws out a full range of pork products, many already packaged for sale.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 993
63. Chapellerie et charcuterie mécanique (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
Filmmaker Alice Guy creates something of an oddity with this one-minute comedy. An inventor and his assistant create a machine that, true to its title, makes hats and grinds sausages! The ... See full summary »
Director: Alice Guy | Star: Henri Vallouy
Votes: 268
64. La petite fille et son chat (1899)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A short black and white film which documents the activities of a little girl and her cat.
Director: Louis Lumière | Star: Madeleine Koehler
Votes: 699
65. The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) (1894)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Action, Comedy
"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Star: Henry Welton
Votes: 1,440
66. The Sick Kitten (1903)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Family
A girl gives a spoonful of medicine to a kitten.
Director: George Albert Smith
Votes: 1,156
67. Autour d'une cabine (1894)
2 min | Animation, Short
Pre-cinematograph colour animation of a woman and man at the beach.
Director: Émile Reynaud
Votes: 1,171
68. Come Along, Do! (1898)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
A couple look at a statue while eating in an art gallery.
Director: Robert W. Paul
Votes: 574
69. Dickson Greeting (1891)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short
The very first American film shown to public audiences and the press. It depicts William K.L. Dickson taking off his hat and greeting the audience.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: William K.L. Dickson
Votes: 1,568
70. Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.
Director: William K.L. Dickson | Star: Fred Ott
Votes: 2,194
71. The Kiss (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Romance
In a medium close-up shot of the first kiss ever recorded on screen, two fervent lovers cuddle and talk passionately at hair's breadth, just before the love-smitten gentleman decides to give his chosen one an innocent peck.
Director: William Heise | Stars: May Irwin, John C. Rice
Votes: 3,677
72. Monkeyshines, No. 2 (1890)
1 min | Short
In an experiment that follows up on the results of 'Monkeyshines, No. 1', an Edison company worker again moves around in front of the motion picture camera.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Star: Giuseppe Sacco Albanese
Votes: 1,197
73. Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
One of W.K.L. Dickson's laboratory workers horses around for the camera.
Directors: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise | Star: Giuseppe Sacco Albanese
Votes: 1,647
74. Accordion Player (1888)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A very brief film of a man playing the accordion.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince | Star: Adolphe Le Prince
Votes: 1,458
75. Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A shot of people walking on The Leeds Bridge.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Votes: 3,298
76. Baby's Meal (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short
As part of a maiden public film screening at the Salon Indien, on December 28, in Paris, Auguste Lumière pivots the centre of attention around his baby daughter, as he tries to feed her from a spoon.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: Auguste Lumière, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Andrée Lumière
Votes: 3,515
77. Man Walking Around the Corner (1887)
1 min | Documentary, Short
A frame sequence featuring a man walking around a corner.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Votes: 1,565
78. Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
In the garden, a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film.
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince | Stars: Annie Hartley, Adolphe Le Prince, Joseph Whitley, Sarah Whitley
Votes: 6,807
79. Leaving the Factory (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
Workers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 7,557
80. The Arrival of a Train (1896)
Not Rated | 1 min | Documentary, Short
A train arrives at La Ciotat station.
Directors: Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière | Stars: Madeleine Koehler, Marcel Koehler, Mrs. Auguste Lumiere, Jeanne-Joséphine Lumière
Votes: 12,879
81. Le squelette joyeux (1898)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 1,113
82. Horse Trick Riders (1895)
1 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A man tries to get on a horse , but he climbs to one side and falls from the other, until he manages to stay in balance.
Director: Louis Lumière
Votes: 1,079
83. The Waterer Watered (1895)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
An impudent child plays a prank on a gardener innocently watering his plants.
Director: Louis Lumière | Stars: François Clerc, Benoît Duval
Votes: 5,849
84. After the Ball, the Bath (1897)
1 min | Short
The first film to ever show a nudity scene on screen is a simple presentation of a servant preparing a bath for another woman.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jeanne Brady, Jehanne d'Alcy
Votes: 1,489
85. The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon (1898)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,732
86. Rescued from an Eagle's Nest (1908)
Not Rated | 8 min | Action, Short
A family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.
Director: J. Searle Dawley | Stars: Miss Earle, Jinnie Frazer, D.W. Griffith, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 860
87. Rescued by Rover (1905)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A dog leads its master to his kidnapped baby.
Directors: Lewin Fitzhamon, Cecil M. Hepworth | Stars: Blair, May Clark, Barbara Hepworth, Cecil M. Hepworth
Votes: 1,321
88. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
TV-G | 11 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.
Director: Edwin S. Porter | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, A.C. Abadie, George Barnes, Justus D. Barnes
Votes: 21,010
89. Lumière! (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
Director: Thierry Frémaux | Stars: Thierry Frémaux, Martin Scorsese, Pierre Bellingard, Ernestina Bossi
Votes: 1,606
90. Oh, Uncle! (1909)
3 min | Short, Comedy
Harry's rich old bachelor uncle thinks Harry is still single. When Uncle announces a visit, Harry's wife has to play the part of the housekeeper so Uncle doesn't discover the truth.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Billy Quirk, Mary Pickford, Mack Sennett
Votes: 54
91. Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909)
Unrated | 5 min | Comedy, Short, Fantasy
A drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Paul Panzer, Gladys Hulette
Votes: 1,027
92. The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Fantasy, Horror
Two travelers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil.
Director: Georges Méliès | Star: Georges Méliès
Votes: 1,368
93. The Sealed Room (1909)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, History
A king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, Henry B. Walthall, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 962
94. Romance of a Jewess (1908)
10 min | Drama, Short
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an immigrant Jewish family.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Florence Lawrence, George Gebhardt, Gladys Egan, John R. Cumpson
Votes: 143
95. The Master Detective, Pat Corner (1909)
13 min | Short, Crime
As the bank watch is inspecting the cellar vaults, where the gold supply of the bank is kept, he suddenly hears the sound of steady strokes on one of the walls. At first he will not believe... See full summary »
Director: Viggo Larsen | Stars: Gudrun Kjerulf, Viggo Larsen, Elith Pio
Votes: 13
96. How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
In one glorious point-of-view shot, a vehicle dashes full-speed into an ill-starred passer-by.
Director: Cecil M. Hepworth | Stars: May Clark, Cecil M. Hepworth
Votes: 973
97. The Delights of Automobiling (1900)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
As two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens.
Director: Cecil M. Hepworth | Stars: Cecil M. Hepworth, Henry Lawley
Votes: 1,009
98. Let Me Dream Again (1900)
1 min | Short, Comedy
A man dreams he is flirting with an attractive young lady, then he wakes up in bed next to his wife.
Director: George Albert Smith | Stars: Laura Bayley, Tom Green
Votes: 838
99. Grandma's Reading Glass (1900)
2 min | Short, Family
A boy looks through glasses at various objects, seen magnified.
Director: George Albert Smith | Star: Harold Smith
Votes: 1,371
100. The Beggar's Deceit (1900)
1 min | Short, Comedy
A fat policeman finds a crippled beggar is a fraud, and chases him.
Director: Cecil M. Hepworth
Votes: 49
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